Battle of Cropredy Bridge 1644

 Fought today in 1644. Wiki

Poltava 1709

 Today's anniversary.

Interesting portrait

Desmarées - Charles VII as Falconer - Falkenlust, Speisezimmer

 

Dettingen 1743

 Today's anniversary. Wiki

The Bavarian Army during the Thirty Years War, 1618-1648: The Backbone of the Catholic League (Century of the Soldier)

Second edition 2021

This is a really good book that goes into the Bavarian army in great detail. This is a second edition with added content. If you are planning a 30YW wargames army then this book is what you need. But it goes deeper than that by examining all aspects of Bavarian military life in the period. Rations, billeting, food, and tactics are all looked at and then compared to the other armies of the time. I found the chapter on clothing the army particularly interesting. Basically it was not a good life in the Bavarian army - pay often in arrears, often malnourished, it was no wonder that plundering was so widespread. The colour section is very useful. Flags and standards feature as well as some excellent illustrations by Sergey Shamenkov. There is, it being a book about the Thirty years war, a fair bit on relations between the military and civilians as well as a chapter on the Militia. There is a great chapter Life and death in the army which explains the various aspects of military life as well as the civilians that followed the drum. So all in all a great read that I recommend. 

Krefeld 1758

Today's anniversary. Wiki

Volontaires Étrangers de Clermont Prince

 Volontaires Étrangers de Clermont Prince - Project Seven Years War (kronoskaf.com)

Interesting French unit from the Seven Years War. 

Sir Arthur Haselrig

 Biography here

Steel Fist 15mm Haselrig's lobsters

 Steel Fist, my favourite ECW range just released this photo. They say

'Sir Arthur Haselrig's Lobsters! Here is a quick snap of our latest pack of Cuirassiers in attacking poses.

I have chosen to depict Haselrigs troop attacking rather than stationary as they were a very aggressive unit and even Sir Arthur was stuck in the middle of the action at the battle of Roundway Down.'

Old town square executions Prague 1621

 

Today's anniversary is a 400th - here

Battle of Höchst 1622

 

Tilly 

Today's anniversary. Battle of the Thirty years war. Wiki. Next year will be the 400th. 

Battle of Kolín 1757

 Today's anniversary is this Austrian victory.  Movie is the 2020 reenactment of Kolin. It's well done and worth a look. Reenactors are mostly from the Czech republic.

Bavarian Cuirassier officer WSS Anton Hoffman.

 

Bavarian army Project WSS

See more o Hoffmann's work here

The Battle Of Naseby animation

 This animation, produced by Cromwell Museum volunteer Felix Copping, used an original engraving of the battle of Naseby produced in 1647 as part of a publication 'Anglia Rediviva' to illustrate key moments from the battle. A full version including explanatory subtitles can be seen in the Cromwell Museum.

Naseby 1645

 

Today's anniversary is this decisive battle in the Civil war.

Minairons 1/72 WSS - new Austrophile infantry

 Here

for pics etc. A range for recreating the Iberian theatre.

WSS teasers of Austrian cuirassiers from Strelets-R

 Presumably could be Bavarians too. See more here

Eagle Figures 28mm SYW

 Quite an extensive range to date. New to me. Look good. Webpage

Porträt des kaiserlichen Feldherren Johann von Sporck

 Portrait of the Bavarian general

Monmouth lands at Lyme 1685

 

Today's anniversary is the landing of the Duke of Monmouth with less than 100 supporters. 

Glen Shiel 1719

 

Today's anniversary. Here

Wallachian victory at Battle of Călugăreni (1595)

 Film  Mihai Viteazul (1970)

At the end of the 16th century Wallachian ruler Prince Michael the Brave overcame the adversity of the Ottoman and Austrian Empires to unite Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania into one

Hohenfriedberg 1745

 Today's anniversary. Here

Days of King Monmouth

 

 if you are interested in the Monmouth  Rebellion then this self published booklet by me of approximately 45 pages gives you a day by day breakdown of events in a daily fashion. It all starts 11th June so now is a good time to get it from ebay.

Queen Anne grenadier pouch

 

Don Troiani

A Queen Anne period Grenadier's cartridge pouch . Made of russet and white buff leather with a velvet covered flap featuring a huge brass plate of a peg legged grenadier with lit grenade. He has the cypher "AR" on his cap with the motto "Love and Honor" underneath. My guess is this represents a minor hero of the time now unknown to us . I have no idea what regiment or company this may have belonged to. It is marked with the soldier's name and "no32" on the back.